Event 1 Flight C: Francois Gagne Leads the Field with 715,000 Approaching the Money Bubble

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining: 66 of 622

The players return from break to begin Level 18, with increased blinds of 4,000-8,000 with a 8,000 ante. With 66 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 188,000 (24 big blinds).

A scan of the field during the break turned up only two players with at least 500K in chips:

1. Francois Gagne – 715,000 (89 bb)
2. Ricardo Velasco – 531,000 (66 bb)

Action will continue tonight until there are 63 players remaining. Those players will finish in the money and advance to Day 2, which begins Sunday at 1:00 pm.